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Kai Webb, 18, downed a bottle of vodka before attacking David Reynolds as he ran along Teignmouth seafront in Devon.
Webb, of Ashleigh Park, Teignmouth, admitted wounding, theft and two common assaults and was jailed at Exeter Crown Court for 12 months.
Mr Reynolds and his partner Eve Hazelton raised almost £30,000 fo... | A man has been jailed for smashing a beer bottle over the head of a runner raising money for a cancer charity. | 34520657 |
Last week, talks between unions and management from NI Water failed to reach agreement.
Members of Nipsa, Unite and the GMB voted for a work-to-rule and withdrawal of on-call services and overtime, from Monday.
Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy has warned this could cause "abject misery" to households.
The La... | More than 1,000 NI Water workers have begun industrial action in response to a pensions dispute. | 30568085 |
The motion, brought by the centre-right party Les Republicans, garnered 246 votes, shy of the 288 needed to defeat the reforms and topple the government.
Thousands of people marched through Paris as the vote took place, to protest against the proposals.
They will now be debated in France's Senate.
The controversial pro... | France's government has survived vote of no confidence put forward by the opposition in protest over controversial labour reforms. | 36279257 |
Scotrail said damage to overhead electric wires led to a series of delays and cancellations on the services to Edinburgh.
Passengers hoping to watch Scotland take on Wales in the Six Nations reported overcrowded trains and queues at Queen Street station in Glasgow.
The rail firm said disruption was expected until aroun... | Rugby fans relying on trains to get to Murrayfield faced severe disruption to their journeys. | 39089623 |
The 31-year-old right-armer joined from Hampshire ahead of the 2014 campaign, but missed most of the 2015 season with triceps and back injuries.
Griffiths was Kent's leading wicket-taker in the T20 Blast this season, with 13 at an average of 33.61.
He also played three times in the One-Day Cup, but did not feature in t... | Fast bowler David Griffiths has left Kent at the end of his contract at the St Lawrence Ground. | 37474525 |
Then came warm words between the two prime ministers on social media and in old-fashioned letters.
Is "mother's love" fostering a new relationship between the two rival neighbours, asked one Indian newspaper.?
Even before India's new prime minister took office, some said his staunchly nationalist Hindu support base wou... | It started with a handshake, followed by gifts for their mothers - a shawl from Narendra Modi and a sari in return from Nawaz Sharif. | 28031085 |
The NSPCC said its existing support line could now advise parents worried about extremists grooming a child.
It said counsellors had been trained to spot warning signs such as children isolating themselves or "talking as if from a scripted speech".
Recent terror attacks "highlighted the growing problem of individuals b... | A charity has trained its counsellors to help parents who fear their children are being radicalised. | 36897596 |
The multi-million pound scheme at the Garroch roundabout will replace the current building on Bankend Road.
Work began in March last year, with about 400 staff now on site every day.
Main contractor Laing O'Rourke is on schedule to hand over the completed building to NHS Dumfries and Galloway in a year's time.
Health b... | A "topping out" ceremony to mark the building reaching its highest point in construction has been held at a hospital project in Dumfries. | 37366723 |
Jackett replaced Alan Stubbs as boss of the Championship's bottom side on 21 October, but stepped down on Monday.
BBC Radio Sheffield's Rob Staton reported that future budget issues were a factor in Jackett's decision.
"From my point of the view the project with Kenny was always a three-year plan," Stewart said.
"I was... | Rotherham chairman Tony Stewart says manager Kenny Jackett's resignation after just five games in charge of the club came "out of the blue". | 38150904 |
Yet it's a separate wing of the company, offering something altogether more intangible, that could prove more important to both its long-term future and yours.
Amazon Web Services has a lower public profile than the firm's online stores, but it already touches many lives.
From young tech titans, including Spotify, Drop... | The seemingly endless - yet still ever growing - range of products you can lay your hands on via Amazon has seen the internet company dubbed the "everything store". | 30276427 |
A pioneer of house - the sparse, electronic dance music that emerged from Chicago in the 1980s - Knuckles was just 59.
He was known for remixing tracks by Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston, as well as his own songs, such as Your Love and The Whistle Song.
His death was confirmed by fellow DJ David Morales on Twitter.... | Musician Frankie Knuckles, known as the Godfather of House music, has died unexpectedly, it has been announced. | 26832310 |
It was agreed on Saturday morning that the match would go ahead after Friday's deadly attacks in Paris.
England's Owen Farrell starred for the Premiership champions, landing six kicks in a dominant first half.
Mako Vunipola crossed first as Chris Wyles added two for Sarries, while Toulouse earned a second-half consolat... | Saracens thrashed four-time champions Toulouse in their opening European Champions Cup game. | 34790698 |
The 20-year-old nephew of former Arsenal and Ipswich striker Chris Kiwomya has yet to break into the first-team picture at Stamford Bridge.
His professional debut came in January 2015 while on loan at Barnsley and he had a spell with Fleetwood last season.
Kiwomya is Alex boss Steve Davis's fourth summer signing after ... | Chelsea winger Alex Kiwomya has joined League Two club Crewe Alexandra on loan until 9 January 2017. | 36847445 |
Two of the alleged cases happened in 1979. Details of the others are not clear yet.
People who say they suffered abuse have come forward since a health service report in abuse at Lissue House and Forster Green was leaked to the Irish News in October.
The Stinson Report contained allegations of abuse at the hospitals in... | Police are believed to be investigating five cases of alleged abuse at two hospitals, the BBC has learned. | 16253251 |
Psychologists at Cardiff University are working on a number of projects looking at the health benefits of "sleep engineering".
The team is considering ways of "decoupling" emotions from troubling memories during rest.
Sleep expert Prof Penny Lewis said the research area was new and "really exciting".
Post-traumatic str... | Scientists believe sleep manipulation could help to tackle anxiety disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder. | 37332407 |
It follows the Volkswagen emissions scandal in which some diesel cars had software fitted designed to cheat emissions tests.
Parliament's Transport Committee said it would look into whether arrangements for testing noise, performance and emissions met EU standards.
The Vehicle Certification Authority oversees approval ... | MPs are to investigate if the way the UK approves the road worthiness of cars is "fit for purpose". | 34830475 |
Mother-of-nine Katherine Cox, 33, and boyfriend Danny Shepherd, 25, deny causing or allowing Eli Cox's death.
Sam Holmes told Maidstone Crown Court that when he arrived at their Minster home "lots of adults were running around not knowing what to do".
The jury also heard how the couple had delayed the departure of the ... | An ambulance technician has told the trial of a couple accused of causing the death of a five-month-old boy how he was met with "complete panic". | 40523017 |
At least 50 professors of the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science said the plan would curb internet freedom in India.
Facebook wants to provide Indians with free access to a limited number of internet services.
But critics of the Free Basics service say it runs contrary to net neutrality.... | A group of leading Indian academics have criticised Facebook's controversial Free Basics internet plan, saying it has "deep flaws". | 35197062 |
The remains were excavated from graves in Paju, near the North Korean border, last year.
It is the third repatriation since a 2014 agreement between the two countries, as relations improve.
The war drew in China and the Soviet Union on the North's side, and UN forces, led by the US, on the South's.
A ceremony attended ... | More than 60 years after the end of the Korean war, the remains of 36 Chinese soldiers who died fighting against South Korea are being returned home. | 35931768 |
Rebeca Schaefer and Peter Schmidt are accused of kidnapping, manslaughter and membership of an illicit organisation.
They handed themselves in after a judge ordered their arrest on Monday along with five others.
The judge issued a warrant for the arrest of Hartmut Hopp, the deputy leader of Colonia Dignidad who is thou... | Police in Chile have arrested two suspected members of the secretive sect, Colonia Dignidad. | 13535187 |
The trial programme in Melbourne is designed to "reduce unconscious bias", said to the lobby group behind them.
But the 10 signals in the city centre have drawn a mixed response, with critics saying they are unnecessary.
Organisers hope the city's pedestrian crossings will ultimately depict men and women in equal numbe... | Traffic signals depicting pedestrians in dresses have been unveiled in Australia as part of a gender equality campaign. | 39188096 |
The Welshman's singles victory over Keegan Bradley clinched the Ryder Cup for Europe in 2014.
This year's event in the United States just over two months away and the 40-year-old is likely to miss out having missed the cut in his last four events
"It's been frustrating so far," he said.
"But this week is The Open and a... | Jamie Donaldson says a return to form at this week's Open Championship at Royal Troon would give his dwindling Ryder Cup chances a huge boost. | 36779769 |
The Institute of Public Policy Research suggests if excluded students with undiagnosed problems were included, the rate would be much higher.
This figure compares with one in 50 pupils in the wider population who have a mental health condition.
The government said it would be publishing plans to improve mental health s... | Half of pupils expelled from England's schools have a mental health issue, according to analysis of official data. | 40667089 |
The technology will only be enabled by default on 10 sites, including YouTube and Facebook. On all others, users will have to choose to activate it.
Flash, which is used for multimedia content, has become very popular with cyberthieves who exploit bugs to compromise web users.
Google follows other browser-makers who ha... | Google is planning to phase out full support for Adobe's Flash software on its Chrome browser by the end of 2016. | 36301904 |
It's one of the most interesting wildlife sites in Worcester, probably the whole country, and all thanks to what is going on deep under the ground.
Because deep under your feet in this part of the Midlands, there's plenty of salt and lots of water which means the shallow pools are fed with brine and end up as salty as ... | Just off junction 5 of the M5 is a collection of lakes and pools known as the Christopher Cadbury Wetland Reserve. | 34702422 |
James Newman started work on the "Megaprocessor", which is 33ft (10m) wide and 6ft (2m) high, in 2012.
It does the job of a chip-sized microprocessor and Mr Newman has spent £40,000 ($53,000) creating it.
It contains 40,000 transistors, 10,000 LED lights and it weighs around half a tonne (500kg). So far, he has used i... | A man has finished building an enormous computer in the sitting room of his bungalow in Cambridge. | 36711989 |
The Wales game was good fun. We were down at half-time but the second half we played a lot better, began to relax and really express ourselves. It was a really enjoyable game to play in.
The first half we knew we could have been better. We looked at a few things at half-time, adapted well and that was pleasing for us. ... | Having started the tournament with two wins from three matches we are feeling pretty good about how we're playing and how we are going in the Six Nations. | 39223301 |
Friday played just 21 league games for City in 1976-77, but his notoriety off the pitch and his ability on it made him one of the game's great characters.
The biopic, which begins filming in September, is to be directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Henry Alex Rubin.
It is based on a book by Paolo Hewitt and ex-Oasis ba... | Cardiff City cult hero Robin Friday is to be portrayed in a new film of his life by Pirates of the Caribbean and Hunger Games star Sam Claflin. | 32720391 |
The Port Talbot-based Specific innovation centre is working on the concept of "buildings as power stations".
The project involves Tata Steel, Swansea and Cardiff universities, and firms including BASF and Pilkington.
More than half the funding is from the European Union.
The technology being developed aims to enable ho... | The drive to develop smart technology so homes and businesses can generate their own solar energy has been given £26m funding. | 35696513 |
But the chairman, European Council President Donald Tusk, will keep the two discussions separate - despite concern that some jihadists are slipping into the EU posing as migrants and exploiting the freedom of movement provided by the Schengen zone.
At least two of the killers involved in the Paris attacks got in among ... | Two pressing issues - migration and the fight against terrorism - are set to dominate the EU summit, as leaders gather in Brussels. | 35116452 |
Hamilton, who must beat Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg at the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday to close a 33-point deficit, was comfortably fastest.
The world champion ended up 0.315 seconds quicker than Rosberg after being fastest throughout the session.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen was third fastest but two seconds of... | Lewis Hamilton started his United States Grand Prix weekend in the best possible way with an impressive performance in first practice. | 37733499 |
Gunfire was heard on Friday morning at the wall - one of Judaism's holiest sites where hundreds of worshippers were attending prayers at the time.
Police say the guard shot the man after hearing him shout "Allahu Akbar".
The area, which is patrolled by armed guards, closed to visitors for about an hour but has now reop... | An Israeli Jew has been shot dead near Jerusalem's Western Wall after a guard mistook him for a Palestinian militant, police say. | 22998915 |
The vessel, named Tobrach N, was detained in Douglas after being caught fishing without a licence eight miles south east of Chicken Rock lighthouse.
Chris Thomson, from Kirkcudbright, Scotland, was also ordered to forfeit the catch, valued at £4,596.
Environment minister Geoffrey Boot said the case sounded "a powerful ... | The captain of UK-registered trawler caught fishing unlawfully for queen scallops in Manx waters has been fined £12,000. | 37787444 |
Hazlehead crematorium was removed from the list of council properties being opened to the public after complaints from families affected by the scandal.
The council was heavily criticised in a report by Dame Elish Angiolini for cremating babies with unrelated adults.
The former lord advocate described the routine pract... | The Aberdeen crematorium at the centre of the baby ashes scandal will not be included in this year's Open Doors Day event, the city council has confirmed. | 37261756 |
"I love watching it so much I almost didn't want to spoil the pleasure by being on it," she told Radio Times.
The 48-year-old said it was tricky for a woman her age to be on the show.
"You're not the comedy old bag yet, which would be the joy of going on Strictly," she said.
"If I did it, I'd want to be Ann Widdecombe.... | Former Great British Bake Off host Mel Giedroyc has revealed she was once offered the chance to appear as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing - but turned it down. | 38718281 |
He tweeted: "Man utd ... LOL" shortly after Leicester scored their fifth goal in a 5-3 win over Manchester United.
The Liverpool striker's message has been retweeted more than 185,000 times and received around 100,000 favourites.
Merseyside police say there has been no formal complaint from Liverpool or the player but ... | Police have opened an investigation after Mario Balotelli was subjected to racist online abuse for sending a tweet on Sunday afternoon. | 29308519 |
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The council said although a final decision has not been made, £420,000 could be saved if children are given training in how to use ordinary buses.
The measure would be part of £15m cutbacks by the authority after the money it recei... | Planned cuts by Coventry City Council could force disabled children who use special bus services to travel by public transport instead. | 30384351 |
Billionaire Mike Ashley had been ordered to appear in Westminster to give evidence about working practices.
Mr Ashley told MPs on Thursday he would not be at the hearing because his legal representative is unavailable.
The committee will decide its next steps at the hearing on Tuesday.
Updates on this story and more fr... | An MP has questioned whether the boss of Sports Direct is "frightened" and thinks he is "beyond public scrutiny" after he said he will not be attending a Commons committee. | 36445919 |
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Margaret Hodge, said whistleblowers had told her that Google had sold advertising within the UK and invoiced customers in the UK.
Google had earlier said that UK customers paid Google in Ireland.
"No one in the UK can execute transactions," said Google's head of sales in Nort... | The internet giant Google has been challenged by MPs over the way it reports its income for tax. | 22551401 |
Toys from China, copper from Chile, T-shirts from Bangladesh, wine from New Zealand, coffee from Ethiopia, and tomatoes from Spain.
Like it or not, globalisation is a fundamental feature of the modern economy.
In the early 1960s, world trade in merchandise was less than 20% of world economic output, or gross domestic p... | Perhaps the defining feature of the global economy is precisely that it is global. | 38305512 |
The former Juventus and Italy boss has been tasked with reviving Chelsea, who won the Premier League in 2014-15 but finished 10th last season.
Conte, 47, was signed by local club Lecce as a 13-year-old.
"Lecce bought me and one of my team-mates, Sandro Morello, for eight footballs and three of them were flat," Conte to... | Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has revealed that his first transfer fee was eight footballs and £100. | 37001743 |
With polls in France showing a tight contest ahead of Sunday's voting, "nobody wants to take any new position," said Karl Haeling, of LBBW.
The Dow Jones fell 0.2% to 20,547.55, while the S&P 500 shed 0.3% to 2,348.7. The Nasdaq lost 0.1% at 5,910.52.
General Electric fell 2.4% despite posting higher profits.
Honeywell... | Wall Street's main markets fell on mixed earnings and cautious investor sentiment ahead of the French presidential election this weekend. | 39665509 |
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said Dawnfresh had used azamethiphos excessively at one of its sites in Loch Etive.
Azamethiphos is an organophosphorus pesticide which is used to control parasites such as sea lice.
Dawnfresh confirmed there had been a "very small number of errors".
The company, which ... | Environmental regulators are investigating a west Highlands trout farm for breaching rules on the use of a pesticide to control parasites. | 39793639 |
Right-back Azpilicueta, 22, started his career with Osasuna and has represented Spain at various youth levels and played at the Olympics this summer.
He missed Marseille's Europa League qualifier against FC Sheriff Tiraspol on Thursday as he travelled to London to complete the deal.
Chelsea have not revealed the length... | Chelsea have completed the signing of Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta from Marseille for an initial fee of £6.5m. | 19366944 |
New figures were released on the anniversary of its introduction.
The charge for single-use carriers has also raised about £6.7m for good causes in the past 12 months.
Scotland's Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead hailed the 5p charge a "major success", and thanked Scotland for "embracing the policy".
650m -
Fewer... | The number of plastic bags handed out in stores was slashed by 80% - the equivalent of 650 million carriers - in the first year of Scotland's 5p charge. | 34575364 |
Anna Francolini, who appeared in Damon Albarn's musical wonder.land, will play Captain Hook and Mrs Darling.
"The NT is delighted that Anna was available to step into the role, and wishes Sophie a speedy recovery," a theatre spokesperson said.
The show begins previews on 16 November.
The production, directed by Sally C... | Sophie Thompson has withdrawn from the cast of Peter Pan, the National Theatre's Christmas show, after breaking her wrist. | 37728803 |
A mound of waste, reaching 42ft high (13m) at its peak, has dominated the skyline around Moor Street, Brierley Hill for several years.
Robert McNaughton, director of Refuse Derived Fuel, was jailed for six months in December 2013 for failing to clear the site.
On Monday Dudley Council approved outline planning permissi... | Homes could be built on the site of a huge rubbish pile in the Black Country. | 33060190 |
Kingsley Omiogate, 40, of Newton Abbot, had sex with the girl twice in 2014 after arranging to meet her via text messages.
He had denied two counts of sexual activity with a child but was found guilty at Exeter Crown Court in June.
A judge said Omiogate had groomed the girl, who can not be named, in a "systematic and p... | A man who had sex with a teenage girl after grooming her via texts and Facebook has been jailed for six years. | 37085607 |
The painting, part of an exhibition at the National Assembly, was torn down by supporters of Ms Park on Tuesday.
Inspired by Edouard Manet's Olympia, "Dirty Sleep", also shows Ms Park's close friend Choi Soon-sil as a servant bringing her flowers.
The two women both deny accusations of colluding in corruption.
Ms Park ... | A nude painting of South Korean President Park Geun-hye has caused anger, as a political scandal continues to grip the country. | 38741599 |
Ashers Baking Company, based in County Antrim, was taken to court by a gay rights activist, assisted by Northern Ireland's Equality Commission.
There was a wide range of reaction to the judge's ruling.
First Minister Peter Robinson
"I'm not terribly surprised. In many ways, that's why we were preparing a legislating al... | A judge has ruled that a Christian-run bakery discriminated against a gay customer by refusing to make a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan. | 32799360 |
Wales skills coach Jenkins and Harlequins forwards coach Rowntree, both 45, will link up with Steve Borthwick, Andy Farrell and Rob Howley.
Jenkins was kicking coach and Rowntree forwards coach when the Lions beat Australia 2-1 in 2013.
"They understand what it will take to win in New Zealand," said Gatland.
The Lions ... | Neil Jenkins and Graham Rowntree have been named on Warren Gatland's British and Irish Lions coaching staff for this summer's tour of New Zealand. | 39295831 |
The 21-year-old American musician was killed in a car crash in Chippenham in April 1960, following a gig in Bristol.
The singer was returning to London at the end of a UK tour when the taxi he was in span into a lamp post. The spot is marked with a memorial plaque.
Campaigners are now hoping to raise £10,000 to repair ... | A campaign has been launched to erect a statue of rock 'n' roller Eddie Cochran in the Wiltshire town where he died. | 37195774 |
It follows a major increase in cases of the tick-borne infection Lyme Disease, which has tripled over the past decade
Public Health England estimates there are up to 3,000 new cases in England and Wales each year.
Dr Jolyon Medlock, head of medical entomology at Porton Down, said: "It's important to know what ticks loo... | People are being warned by Wiltshire health experts to take extra precautions against ticks. | 33062352 |
Sources close to the family said Michael Sandford, 21, of Surrey, landed at Heathrow Airport earlier, nearly five months into a year-long sentence.
He was arrested at an event in Las Vegas in the run-up to the US election.
Sandford, from Dorking, who has autism, admitted last year to being an illegal alien in possessio... | A man jailed for trying to grab a policeman's gun at a Donald Trump rally in an apparent assassination bid has returned to the UK. | 39810288 |
SP Energy Networks wants to build a new line from South Ayrshire to Cumbria - most of it in Dumfries and Galloway.
It has now published its report on public feedback on the plans.
It said a further round of consultation would be required later this year but said changes in the industry could affect the "scope of the pr... | Significant changes in the energy industry could alter the scale and nature of plans for a major power line upgrade in southern Scotland. | 35667636 |
They will review a state ruling which found that officials engaged in "an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander".
A federal court ruled in Wisconsin that Republican lawmakers had violated the US Constitution's equal protection under the law and free speech clauses.
The case will set a legal precedent on the long-time p... | The Supreme Court will soon determine if gerrymandering, where voting districts are re-drawn in order to favour political parties, is legal. | 40332019 |
Not really. The India Human Development report has been saying this for a while. The situation is worse in the villages, where two-thirds of the homes don't have toilets. Open defecation is rife, and remains a major impediment in achieving millennium development goals which include reducing by half the proportion of pe... | Is anybody really surprised that nearly half of India's 1.2 billion people have no toilet at home? | 17377895 |
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He said a Labour government would set up a task force to target firms that encouraged low skilled migration and undermined the minimum wage.
The Conservatives said Labour was "in denial" and "nothing" being proposed would help to contr... | Labour leader Ed Miliband has pledged to end an "epidemic" of worker exploitation during a major speech on immigration. | 32363886 |
A report this month by government official Louise Casey concluded the council was not "fit for purpose".
The way many in the authority denied a 2014 finding children were exploited between 1997 and 2013 was criticised.
The council says it is investigating researcher Adele Gladman's claims.
At the time of the claims, Ms... | A former Home Office researcher says a bullying culture at Rotherham Council led to her warnings of child sexual exploitation being suppressed in 2002, years before action was finally taken. | 31327781 |
The route, which links Barking, Canary Wharf and Tower Hill to Westminster, will open less than a week before his term is set to end.
Mr Johnson told drivers the "end was in sight" for construction work. He said the first route, at Vauxhall, led to a 73% increase in cycling in the area.
The Green Party warned funding f... | London's new superhighway linking east and west London will open on 30 April, says the capital's mayor Boris Johnson. | 35745404 |
Ronnie Howard, 31, died following a disturbance at the Prince Edward in South Shields, on 1 May.
At Newcastle Crown Court Michael Wilson, 35, of of Hylton Avenue, South Shields, appeared by video link from Durham Prison to deny the charge.
A trial date was set for 4 October and Mr Wilson was remanded in custody. Four o... | A man has denied murdering a pub-goer in a brawl on South Tyneside. | 36466769 |
The road was shut for about three hours after the accident involving two lorries and a car at Cuckoo Bridge at about 08:00.
Police said a 37-year-old man was taken to hospital as a result of the crash. His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
Traffic in the area was diverted via the town centre for a time. | A lorry driver is in hospital following a three-vehicle crash on the A75 Dumfries bypass. | 39254474 |
Scott started Scotland's opening-weekend defeat by England, but Duncan Taylor took his place against Wales and Italy after a thigh injury in training.
Scott's latest set-back came in Edinburgh's 28-23 Pro12 defeat by Connacht on Friday.
The 25-year-old will have a further examination this week to determine whether he w... | Scotland centre Matt Scott has been ruled out of the remainder of the Six Nations after damaging elbow ligaments. | 35763183 |
Sam Smith has described her as "one of the best singers in the world", and she has found high profile fans in Ed Sheeran, Pharrell, and Ariana Grande.
But while Kelly may seem like the new kid on the block, she's actually an industry veteran. She won America's Most Talented Kids age 11, recorded an album at 13 and reac... | Californian pop-soul star Tori Kelly is one of 2015's breakout artists, with her debut full-length album Unbreakable Smile charting at number two in the US. | 34531041 |
The £800m overhaul at London Waterloo has closed half of the platforms and diverted many of the 270,000 journeys made back and forth each day.
The work, expected to last three-and-a-half weeks, is to expand the station to take 30% more passengers at peak times.
Here are answers to some of the questions online readers a... | The UK's busiest railway station is in the midst of a huge engineering project - but what does this mean for passengers? | 40861997 |
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His penalty will be announced on 24 September, with snooker's governing body expected to push for a life ban.
Lee, 38, denied the allegations, which concerned seven games in 2008 and 2009, including a World Championship match.
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker A... | Stephen Lee has been found guilty of match-fixing charges in what officials have called "the worst case of snooker corruption we've seen". | 24114861 |
Firefighters were called to Bembridge Airport on the east of the island at about 11:30 GMT after reports of an aircraft in distress.
Witnesses reported seeing the single-engine aircraft upside down on the airfield but said the occupants appeared to have got out unhurt.
Stephen Davis said he was passing the airport and ... | A light aircraft has crashed on the Isle of Wight. | 35586216 |
The actor, who was 71 at the time, was injured in June 2014 by a metal door at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire as he reprised his role as Han Solo.
Foodles Production (UK) Ltd, owned by Disney, pleaded guilty earlier this year to two charges brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Sentencing is due to tak... | A production company behind the latest Star Wars movie will be sentenced after Harrison Ford broke his leg on set. | 37630861 |
Merseyside Police said the owners of the dogs, all banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act, had not adhered to conditions imposed by the courts when given permission to keep them.
Police raided addresses in St Helens, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley and Liverpool.
Ch Insp Chris Gibson said he was not "demonising all dogs" and tho... | Twenty two dogs have been seized in a crackdown on dangerous dogs by police in Merseyside. | 26771369 |
Dante Michael Soiu, 67, from Ohio, was acquitted of felony stalking and attempted stalking by a jury at Los Angeles Superior Court.
The actress had given evidence in the case, tearfully telling the jury she had feared for her family's safety after receiving multiple letters.
In 2000, Soiu had been sent to a psychiatric... | A man charged with stalking Gwyneth Paltrow has been found not guilty. | 35602464 |
The 24-year-old utility back player, who prefers to play at centre, has scored 14 tries in 15 games so far this campaign.
"We're really excited to have captured his signature," Red Devils head coach Ian Watson said.
"He's got a great try-scoring record and deserves the chance to have a crack in Super League." | Derrell Olpherts will join Salford Red Devils from League One side Newcastle Thunder for the 2018 season. | 40484357 |
Substitution, Newcastle United. DeAndre Yedlin replaces Matt Ritchie.
Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Charlie Taylor (Leeds United).
Substitution, Newcastle United. Jack Colback replaces Isaac Hayden.
Substitution, Leeds United. Charlie Taylor replaces Gaetano Berardi.
At... | Newcastle United striker Dwight Gayle will not face Leeds because of a hamstring injury, which manager Rafael Benitez says is not as bad as feared. | 39523069 |
The man posed as a prosecutor and demanded 250,000 rand ($16,400; £11,300) in order to "make the case disappear", local media say.
He has now been charged with corruption, according to South Africa police spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi.
Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013.
The News24 websi... | A man who allegedly targeted Oscar Pistorius in a scam offering to repeal his murder conviction has been arrested. | 35846714 |
The councils with seats up for grabs are Adur District, Worthing Borough, Hastings Borough and Crawley Borough.
For a list of candidates standing in those areas please click on the links below:
Adur District
Worthing Borough
Hastings Borough
Crawley Borough | Parts of Sussex will head to the polls on Thursday 5 May for local elections. | 36162008 |
The Staffordshire bull terrier was found in remote woodland near Wansford, Peterborough on Wednesday morning. It is thought he was left roaming with the bolt stuck in his head for a few days.
The 50cm weapon had gone through one side of his head and out the other.
An RSPCA spokesman said: "Whoever did this took a very ... | A dog was shot through the skull with a bolt from a crossbow which "narrowly" missed his brain and eyes. | 29741929 |
The 36-year-old will play his first game against Essex at The Oval on 19 July and then will be available for the rest of the tournament.
Pietersen first joined Surrey in 2010 and made his last appearance in England in June 2015, when he did not bat in a rain-affected game against Sussex.
He recently helped Quetta Gladi... | Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has re-signed for Surrey to play in this summer's T20 Blast competition. | 39195035 |
The 24-year-old will sign a three-year deal at Carrow Road with the option of a further 12 months.
He had completed his Carrow Road medical earlier in the week, as reported by BBC Radio Norfolk.
Lafferty scored 11 times last season for the Serie B champions and had a spell at Swiss club Sion in 2012.
He started his car... | Norwich City will complete the signing of Northern Ireland striker Kyle Lafferty from Palermo for an undisclosed fee on 1 July. | 28062950 |
Richard Stroud, 46, from Guildford, was attacked outside Guildford City Social Club on Joseph's Road at about 22:00 GMT on Saturday, Surrey Police said.
He was taken to St George's Hospital in Tooting, south-west London, with serious head injuries and died later.
A 32-year-old man was arrested near the scene a short ti... | A man has died after an assault outside a Surrey social club following a private function. | 30671910 |
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Hamilton brought himself on as a sub after Joshua McIlwaine had headed his third goal in two games to give Ballinamallard a 75th-minute lead.
The Mallards, 10th in the table, wasted a couple of chances to secure a fourth win in six league matches.
Glenavon equalised when H... | Glenavon player-manager Gary Hamilton came off the bench to rescue a point for his side in Tuesday's Irish Premiership match at Ferney Park. | 38636473 |
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said millions of pounds of investment had reduced pollution and restored habitats.
The work has also put an end to the Clyde's "stench", Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said.
Water quality has gone from "bad" to "moderate" - and "excellent" in places.
About 10... | Salmon are able to access parts of the River Clyde for the first time in decades following work to improve water quality and remove barriers. | 40043491 |
The Height of the Reeds is an installation created by Opera North for Hull's City of Culture celebrations.
Hull-born actors Maureen Lipman and Barrie Rutter read a commentary over the top along with narration by seven-year-old Hull schoolgirl Katie Smith.
Norwegians Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang and Eivind Aarset composed t... | Sounds made by the Humber Bridge have been worked into a piece of music which visitors can listen to as they walk its 1.4-mile (2.2km) length | 39383826 |
The A344 next to the stone circle was shut in 2013 as part of a £27m scheme to restore the monument's "dignity".
But residents in nearby villages claim lanes have become "rat runs" for drivers avoiding jams on the A303 and want it upgraded to a dual carriageway.
The petition was presented by Salisbury MP John Glen on ... | A 2,000-signature petition calling for an urgent upgrade of the A303 at Stonehenge has been presented to the House of Commons. | 28241163 |
Neither scored, but Williams looked sharp after a lengthy injury lay-off while Wales international Morgan impressed at full-back.
"Both players for their first outing in a Blues shirt showed what they are capable of," said Wilson.
Morgan has joined from Bristol while Williams was recruited from Ulster.
Former Junior Al... | Cardiff Blues head coach Danny Wilson was happy with new recruits Nick Williams and Matthew Morgan after their debuts in the 25-24 win over Bristol. | 37148827 |
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Woodward has overseen deals that have brought in Matteo Darmian, Memphis Depay, Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger this summer.
But United missed out on transfer target Pedro, with Barcelona's Spain winger, 28, opting to join Premier League rivals Chelsea.
"Eve... | Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal says he trusts executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward with club transfers. | 34015714 |
England led by two points going into the final two minutes only for Nicolas Claussels to score, with France captain Cyril Torres converting.
France then withstood near constant England pressure in added time to retain their title.
This was a repeat of the 2013 final, in which France also beat England, who had won the i... | A late converted try gave France a 38-34 win over England in the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup final. | 40759709 |
The pair had to be cut free from the wreckage.
The crash happened near Midmar just before midday. | A man and a woman have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a crash in Aberdeenshire. | 40239879 |
Alex Boyd's pictures of the forests around Bergen-Belsen camp are being shown at the Scottish Parliament.
Boyd was born in the nearby town of Celle, to a German mother and Scottish father, but his connection runs even deeper, as his grandfather Robert was part of the Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's), which admi... | It may be more than 70 years since the end of World War Two and the liberation of the concentration camps, but photographers are still drawn to explore the physical remains of the sites where the Holocaust took place. | 34898899 |
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The Reds have been heavily linked with the 18-year-old midfielder, who has hugely impressed Rodgers.
"I read we had put in a bid or something had been agreed but there has been nothing," said the Liverpool boss.
"I think he is a wonderful young talent who just needs to pla... | Manager Brendan Rodgers has quashed speculation linking Derby midfielder Will Hughes with a move to Liverpool. | 25041572 |
Stones were hurled at security forces as hundreds of protesters tried to reach the National Stadium – where the golden tournament cup is on display.
A group of indigenous people who were demanding land rights at Congress eventually joined the protest.
This is the latest in a series of demonstrations in Brazil against... | Police in Brazil have fired tear gas at anti-World Cup and indigenous demonstrators in the capital, Brasilia. | 27598932 |
The 36-year-old is taking on both roles as twins Ronnie and Reggie in Legend, which follows the rise and fall of the brothers in the 1950s and 1960s.
British stars Christopher Eccleston and David Thewlis, Australian actress Emily Browning and A Bronx Tale's Chazz Palminteri are also confirmed to star.
It is expected to... | The first image of actor Tom Hardy as the infamous Krays has been released as filming gets under way on a new movie about the notorious London gangsters. | 27830233 |
The committee was told that virtual currencies were a "legitimate financial service" with the same benefits and risks as other online payment systems.
The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is exploring the "promises and risks" of Bitcoin for "government and society at large".
The currency has more th... | The value of virtual currency Bitcoin has soared to over $900 (£559), after a US Senate committee hearing. | 24986264 |
Dr Simon Poole was testifying in the retrial of Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, who denies supplying an illegal gun to Mr Duggan the day he was shot.
Post-mortem test showed Mr Duggan was shot in the chest and upper right arm.
He was shot dead by police on 4 August 2011 in Tottenham, north London.
His death sparked riots that... | Mark Duggan's injuries appeared to be inconsistent with the scenario described by the police officer who shot him, it was suggested to a pathologist at the Old Bailey. | 21060194 |
The survey found just two-fifths (41%) agreed that people had equal chances to get ahead, compared with more than half (53%) who said the same in 2008.
Almost half (46%) of those polled said today's youth would have a worse life than their parents' generation.
The government said it was committed to making the country ... | The British public is increasingly sceptical that everyone has the same opportunity to do well in life, a poll for the Sutton Trust suggests. | 40567225 |
The fans hated him. In every game he was on the end of some rough treatment from the terraces.
Then, one afternoon, the Flamengo supporters started calling for him to be included in the Brazil squad. Had they suddenly had a massive collective change of mind? They soon reminded everyone of the date - it was 1 April.
I r... | Around the turn of the century Rio giants Flamengo had a player called Maurinho, a central midfielder who they were attempting to convert into a right back. | 24709049 |
Video of Louis Head shows him yelling "Burn this [place] down!" before last week's riots over perceived racial injustice in the Missouri town.
He spoke as a grand jury announced no charges for a white police officer who shot and killed the unarmed teenager.
The incident sparked a nationwide dialogue about race relation... | US police are investigating the stepfather of black shooting victim Michael Brown for inciting illegal activity during protests in Ferguson. | 30302729 |
Merlin shares dropped 4% after it said the disruption caused by the crash would hit profits by up to £47m.
The FTSE 100 index was down 13.42 points at 6,566.39.
Shares in Pearson were down 3.5% after it confirmed it was in talks to sell its 50% stake in the Economist.
Reckitt Benckiser topped the risers list, with its... | (Noon): Merlin Entertainments was the biggest faller on the FTSE 100 after the firm warned profits would be hit by the effects of the rollercoaster crash at its Alton Towers theme park. | 33672315 |
Zeman, who led Pescara to promotion to Serie A in 2012 before joining Roma, returned to the club this week following the sacking of Massimo Oddo.
His impact was immediate as Serie A's bottom club raced into a 3-0 lead before half time and added the gloss to a handsome win in the second.
Roma retook second spot with a 4... | New coach Zdenek Zeman led Pescara to their first win since August - a stunning 5-0 victory over Genoa. | 39021735 |
Laura Matthews-James, 35, from Pen-y-groes, Carmarthenshire, was seven months pregnant when her Fiat 500 collided with Robert Hitchcock's car on 26 February 2016.
Swansea Crown Court heard she had no memory of the crash on the B4300 and denied taking a risk by overtaking.
She had denied causing death by driving without... | A driver who lost her unborn baby after a head-on crash which killed a man has been cleared of causing the crash. | 40553290 |
Spain international Llorente, 31, joined from Sevilla on a two-year deal.
He made his debut in the 1-0 win at Burnley and after his late header was saved by Tom Heaton, Leroy Fer struck to score Swansea's winner.
"Fernando has that physical presence that can help us in difficult times," Fabianski said.
"For me personal... | Striker Fernando Llorente will offer Swansea City a different forward option this season, says goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianksi. | 37070439 |
Speaking to BBC News, he said academies improved standards and power should be in the hands of headteachers and teachers, "not bureaucrats".
It was announced in June that up to 1,000 schools in England, including failing ones, would become academies.
Academies are independent and funded directly by central government.
... | Every school in England should become an academy, PM David Cameron has said, as he set out his "vision for our schooling system". | 33944203 |
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